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Norwood City PWS

Serves Norwood, Hamilton County, OH · 19,870 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Norwood City PWS in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • OH3101703
  • NORWOOD
  • OH
  • 19,870 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 45212
EPA system ID OH3101703

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Norwood City PWS buys its water from Cincinnati Public Water System.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Ohio, July 2020.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 415 lead and 5,316 unknown out of 6,170 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Nov 14, 2018 Active
Enforcement action in place

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Norwood City PWS go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 3 2
2000s 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began October 1999, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1999 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1999 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1997 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Ohio regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Norwood City PWS and issued 1 boil water order between 1999 and 2020. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2020.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jul 6, 2020 Ohio Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Jan 27, 1999 Ohio Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Norwood City PWS buys its water from Cincinnati Public Water System. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Norwood City PWS must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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